Cuff-button



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GUFF BUTTON.

No. 306,780. 'Patented Oct. 21,1884.

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CUFFBUTTON.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,780, dated October 2l, 1884.

Application tiled April 30, 1384.

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Be it known that I, DAYID Schlampen., el"4 Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State et' Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful In'lproyements in Cuit'- Buttons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. i

My invention relates to separable cuff-buttons; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of my entire device inverted, showing in full lines the position of the parts when the button and the shank are locked together, and in dotted lines the relative position ol" these parts when the shank is turned half-way round l'or insertion or removal. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the shank and shoe detached from the button. Fig. 3 is a plan View ot' the bottom ot' the button detached from the shank, the position ot' the latter and otl the shoe being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. et is a perspective view ofthe spring. Fig. 5 is a view of the bottom plate just as iirst stamped out ot' the metal, before bending the ends which term seats for the spring.

A is the shoe or back,with which is rigidly connected the shank, either by casting, molding, or pressing the whole out ot' one piece of metal, or by separately forming the shank and shoe, and afterward soldering or otherwise securely fastening these two parts together. This shank has i'our parts, a c a"z c, part a, next the stud A, is united to the part by a neck, a", and beyond the part ai is a continuation of the neck, forming ashort pin, fr. The upper edges of the parts a and a are beveled from the center toward each end, as shown at a and fr", respectively, to facilitate insertion and removal of the shank, and, preferably, these parts are thicker at .the center than at their ends.

B is the bottom plate of the button part,

and is stamped out of a piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 5, with two slots, b b, in each end, and between each pair ot' slots, in the tongues b formed there y, are the transverse openings Z, while in the center is the longitudinal hole b, corresponding in shape to the (No` rundet) part al of the shank, and transverse to this hole b3 is the ridge b", stamped up as shown, and likewise corresponding in shape to the part a? ot' the shank, and forming a recess or seat adapted to hold it when inserted through the hole b3 and turned half-way round.

In the drawings the part aAZ is shown as being oval in cross-section, or with thick center tapering off to form thinner edges; but, instead, the edges may be square and the part 66"" everywhere of equal diameter, if desired.

C is the spring, and this consists of a rlat strip of elastic metal, curved as best shown in section in Fig. l, with a central hole, c, and reduced ends c c, and which is thus secured to the bottom plate B. The tongues b b of said plate are bent or turned at a right angle, as shown in Fig. l, (on the dotted lines shown in Fig. 5,) and the ends c c of, the spring C are inserted in the transverse openings Ifl 7X1 ot' said tongues. V

D is a metal band, soldered to the plate B entirely around it, and E represents a setting iu the band, forming the ornamental face of the button. It will be understood, however, that the shape of the plateB is immaterial, as is also the face ot' th'e button.

In putting my device together, the part c2 ol" the shank is inserted into the hole b3 ofthe plate B, with the part a of the shank in thel hole c of the spring, and then, by exerting a slight pressure, the' spring C yields and permits the partA at to be depressed beyond the plate, when the said part may be turned half round, and then, by releasing the pressure, the said part will be forced by the spring into the recess formed by the raised part b", thus securely locking the shank and button together and the reverse of this operation will serve to release and detach these parts, while ample room for the two thicknesses of the cuitl is lett between the adjacent surfaces of the plateB and shoe A.

The several parts of the shank, a a c a, are all ot' the same thickness or diameter at the center,thou gh the part a is preferably rounded somewhat to better correspond 'to the hole c in the spring C, and the parts a and ai are substantially flat pieces of metal, or nearly so. rEhe object of this is to enable said parts to readily pass through the button-holes of the IOO mulls, which are usually ol' ecn'respoinling shape. Heretol'ore, when sleeve-buttons have had round thiol; sha-nhs, there has been oonsiderable wear and tear to the but-ton -holes; but the shanks of my cuff-buttons leave the button-holes perfectly smooth andin the same oondition as when irst put on, which is much better than to have the` shank ot' such shape that there will be i'rietion between its surface and the edges ol' the button-holes, or wear to the latter in con forming` to the shape of' a round shank.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I elaim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters atent, is?d l.. In a separable canili-button, the eolnbination7 with a flat shank, ofthe perforated plate l l )AVID SCHREIBEN.

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